Co-op chairwoman faces Packham-led membership call to ditch ‘Frankenchickens’
The Co-op’s new chairwoman is facing pressure from members to remove “Frankenchickens” from the supermarket group’s supply chain.
Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham is leading calls from more than 2,000 Co-op members for Debbie White to respect the membership’s wishes to stop selling meat from low-welfare, fast-growing breeds of chicken.
In an open letter organised by animal protection charity The Humane League UK, the members urged Ms White to be “an advocate for giving Co-op chickens a better life”.
It said:
